nerves

美 [nɜːrvz]英 [nɜːvz]
  • n.神经;神经紧张;神经质;气魄;勇气
  • v.鼓足勇气;振作精神
  • nerve的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    N-COUNT 神经
    Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.

    ...spinal nerves.

    脊神经

  • 2
    N-PLURAL 承受力;意志力
    If you refer to someone's nerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger.

    Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...

    吉尔的神经绷紧到了极点。

  • 3
    N-PLURAL 神经紧张;情绪不安
    You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves .

    I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.

    我只是打得很糟,不是紧张造成的。

  • 4
    N-UNCOUNT 勇气;胆量;气魄
    Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous.

    The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve...

    虽说白兰地呛了他一下,却让他恢复了勇气。

  • 5
    VERB 使鼓起勇气;使振作精神
    If you nerve yourself to do something difficult or frightening, you prepare yourself for it by trying to be brave.

    I nerved myself to face the pain.

    我鼓足勇气去面对痛苦。

  • 6
    PHRASE 使…烦恼;使…心烦
    If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you.

    Lately he's not done a bloody thing and it's getting on my nerves.

    近来他没有干任何坏事,这让我心神不定起来。

  • 7
    PHRASE 胆敢;竟敢;厚颜
    If you say that someone has a nerve or has the nerve to do something, you are criticizing them for doing something which you feel they had no right to do.

    They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...

    他们竟敢对我们的行为表示不满。

  • 8
    PHRASE 保持镇静;坚定不移
    If you hold your nerve or keep your nerve, you remain calm and determined in a difficult situation.

    He held his nerve to beat Andre Agassi in a five-set thriller on Court One...

    他镇定自若,在1号场地惊心动魄的5盘3胜对决中击败了安德鲁·阿加西。

  • 9
    PHRASE 紧张不安地度日;神经紧张
    If someone is living on their nerves, they are continually worried and anxious about the situation that they are in.

    Eileen, mother of three, had been living on her nerves for some considerable time.

    艾琳是3个孩子的母亲,已有相当一段时间总是感到紧张不安。

  • 10
    PHRASE 失去勇气;变得胆怯;惊慌失措
    If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.

    The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.

    放炸弹的人没了胆子,逃之夭夭。

  • 11
    PHRASE 触及痛处;触及要害
    If you say that you have touched a nerve or touched a raw nerve, you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about.

    Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve...

    阿利斯泰尔看到亨利向后缩了一下,好像那些话触到了他的痛处。

noun

1
control of your emotions
this kind of tension is not good for my nerves
2
an uneasy psychological state
he suffered an attack of nerves
Synonym: nervousness

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  1. I took a pill to help settle my nerves .

    我吃了一片药,好放松一下神经。

  2. Even after years as a singer , he still suffers from nerves before a performance .

    尽管已做歌手多年,他在演出前仍然神经紧张。

  3. He 's got a nerve asking us for money !

    他还觍着脸跟我们借钱!

  4. It took a lot of nerve to take the company to court .

    将这个公司告上法庭需要极大的勇气。

  5. You need a cool head and nerves of steel .

    你需要有冷静的头脑、非常的魄力。

  6. He kept his nerve to win the final set 6 – 4 .

    他鼓足斗志以6:4赢了最后一盘。

  7. He lost his nerve at the last minute .

    他在最后一刻失去了勇气。

  8. You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife .

    你谈起他的第一个妻子,这就触到了他的痛处。

  9. You need strong nerves to ride a bike in London .

    在伦敦骑自行车,你可得有胆量。

  10. I don 't know how you have the nerve to show your face after what you said !

    真不知道你说了那些话以后怎么还有脸露面!

  11. Every nerve in her body was tense .

    她的每一根神经都绷得紧紧的。

  12. A lot of students suffer from exam nerves .

    许多学生考试怯阵。

  13. The pain was caused by a trapped nerve .

    这疼痛是由于神经受抑制引起的。

  14. He took a few deep breaths to steady his nerves .

    他深深地吸了几口气,让自己平静下来。

  15. After the accident his nerves were shot to pieces .

    经历了那场事故,他的神经脆弱到了极点。

  16. Messages travel along the spine from the nerve endings to the brain .

    信息从神经末梢沿脊柱传送到大脑。

  17. Have some tea ; it 'll calm your nerves .

    喝点茶吧,这会使你紧张的神经松弛下来。

  18. Of all the nerve !

    竟然如此厚颜无耻!

  19. Everyone 's nerves were on edge .

    人人都觉得紧张。

  20. His constant moaning was beginning to jar on her nerves .

    他不停的呻吟使她焦躁不安起来。

  21. I was going to have a go at parachuting but lost my nerve at the last minute .

    我想尝试一下跳伞,可到最后关头却没有勇气了。

  22. She was suddenly wide awake , her nerves jangling .

    她突然间清醒过来,神经焦躁不安。

  23. He never got up enough nerve to meet me .

    他从没有足够的胆量来见我。

  24. We need to keep our nerve now .

    我们现在需要保持镇静。

  25. My office is the nerve centre of the operation .

    我的办公室是此次行动的控制中心。

  26. The grind of heavy machines could get on their nerves .

    重型机器发出的刺耳的摩擦声会让他们心烦意乱。

  27. Nerve cells , after all , do not have intelligence of their own .

    毕竟,神经细胞自身并没有智力。

  28. For all her experience , she was still prone to nerves

    尽管有经验,她还是容易紧张。

  29. In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue

    与此同时,心理战似乎还可能继续。

  30. The method they pioneered remains fundamental to research into the behaviour of nerve cells .

    他们首创的方法在神经细胞活动的研究中一直是不可或缺的。